Comments on: Cardinals choose Ray Horton as defensive coordinator

By: whoknowsnothing

whoknowsnothing — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:16:35 +0000

@ drumbug7

really guy, the Whiz won’t have any success until he branches out! branch where!!!!!

The Man has taken the Cardinals to the Super Bowl, That’s something no Cardinals coach has ever done!!!!! so please sit down and think about what the man has done with a team thats turned things around since he got there.

It’s not his fault that the front office didn’t have a plan in place for life after Warner. He made it known he at least wanted Marc Bulger to be the QB while Hall and Skelton develop or till something better was available.

The front office deserves the blame for that and also letting good players go like Boldin and Dansby.

By: drumbug7

drumbug7 — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:23:33 +0000

I understand that coaches tend to look to familiar faces to either fill the roster with players who know their style, or coaches who can coach their style, but come on, Whisenhunt. What did you have to do with the Defense when you were in Pittsburgh? He clearly went after Butler first, then when he was denied access, he said “Welp, who else ya got there?”

It makes sense to look at familiar faces first, but it feels like Whisenhunt is laser focused on the Pittsburgh Steelers, no matter what. When Tomlin was hired in Pittsburgh, I think he brought in Mewelde Moore from the Vikings, but other than that, he brought the OL line coach from Buffalo and built through the draft. Not ransacking the Bucs or Vikings.

I wrote an article for our local paper a few years ago about how Whisenhunt won’t have success until he branches out and finds coaches and players from all teams, not just the one’s he’s coached or coached with. I believe that now more than ever.

By: gbfanforever

gbfanforever — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:39:50 +0000

This guy has been an assistant for 16 years on three different teams, it’s his turn to be a coordinator. Also, the steeler secondary does include the dpoy. Don’t you think LeBeau deserves some blame for their pass defense?

By: whoknowsnothing

whoknowsnothing — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:34:14 +0000

Steelers secondary was soooo bad that the NFL Defensive Player of Year is in that unit and that very same unit had 14 picks out of the teams 21 total, with over 30 passes defended. That bad huh?

By: whoknowsnothing

whoknowsnothing — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:14:12 +0000

Whiz sticks to his people, so it just happens to be his people happen to work for Pitt, just like he did.

So Ike Taylor, Ryan Clark, Troy Polamalu (he played hurt) are no good. That’s about 80% of their secondary. will gay and the other guys at CB are even worse. That’s what I’m getting from reading all these comments. Hey, if you guys don’t want Taylor, AZ will gladly take him. Taylor and the ARC make a good combo.

Cardinal Red now runs in Horton’s vein’s now, so stop hating on the man! Defense will improve next year, but I give him 18 months to fully turn the D around and more talent.

By: steelertom

steelertom — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 02:14:07 +0000

Good luck to ray horton. It was a easy decision for him. He had no room to improve his career in pittsburgh. Being that he was behind dick and butler. He has been under lebaeu for a long time and should do well.

By: cardz24

cardz24 — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:59:21 +0000

Besides if you want to blame someone for the superbowl loss..look at your offense for spotting packers 21 points through turnovers

By: cardz24

cardz24 — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:57:23 +0000

Get off the the whisenhunt stealing players from the steelers….every coach goes back to old teams to get players and coaches they personally know about…besides porter and faneca were not actively playing for the steelers when the cards signed them

By: cardz24

cardz24 — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:55:03 +0000

That is lame to place all the blame for the Steelers secondary on Horton…when is the last time the Steelers had a decent CB…..Ike taylor is not exactly on the level of the best.

By: steelnation82

steelnation82 — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:10:53 +0000

Wonder if Whisenhunt wears a Steelers shirt underneath his Cardinals one? Steelers South sure hasn’t lived up to the real deal… Ken Whisenhunt, what a joke…

By: fthrvic

fthrvic — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:59:57 +0000

@rightthereisay

We gave McFadden back and you even gave us a pick for it! lol Thanks for that

By: jc1958coo

jc1958coo — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:52:32 +0000

thank you for not picking a packer assistant! GREEN & GOLD repeat!!!

By: larryfitzgerald4mvp

larryfitzgerald4mvp — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:29:28 +0000

stairwayto7, It was Jason La Canfora, not “sports hacks in Phoenix” who reported that Horton was taking the Cowboys job. Next time get your facts right before you make another ignorant comment.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/08/horton-hears-a-job-offer-from-the-cowboys/

By: larryfitzgerald4mvp

larryfitzgerald4mvp — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:25:23 +0000

You steeler fans are numbskulls. Want to know why your pass defense sucked? Your DBs shouldn’t be starting in the league. McFadden was so awful that the Cards let him go last year, and Taylor hasn’t been a good cover corner in a while.

By: FoozieGrooler

FoozieGrooler — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:58:53 +0000

The worst part of the Steelers defense by far, was their secondary.

And the Cardinals are putting this guy in charge of their entire defense?

Looks like the Cards may just go into the record books next year as the team with the most points surrendered.

By: chucknoll

chucknoll — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:18:02 +0000

whisenhunt is a vulture picking the bones of the dead steelers players and staff..horton prolly shuda been fired after this season anyway and i heard they wanna bring in deshea townsend who was not resigned by the steelers and did nothing for the colts las yr the cards shud be more concerned with finding a qb than the coach of the worst part of our defense and a a washed up cornerback after they cudnt get to Lebeau or keith butler this has FAIL written all over it

By: hobartbaker

hobartbaker — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:06:52 +0000

In another 25 years the Cards could have the next Dick Lebeau.

By: thirdngoal

thirdngoal — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:59:35 +0000

Congrads to Ray Horton on the new job, but when will Arizona start building its own team rather than pulling players and coaches from Pittsburgh?

By: halftermguv

halftermguv — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:57:37 +0000

On behalf of Steeler nation…HOORAY!

Hiring Ray Horton who coached the weakest part of the Steelers defense is like hiring the navigator of the Exxon Valdez.

By: stairwayto7

stairwayto7 — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:56:44 +0000

On Tuesday at 1:00pm KTAR in Phoenix said Horton to Dallas, then a few hours later he was ona plane to Az and now the Cards signe dhim? The sports hacks in Phoenix are idiots!

By: stillworker

stillworker — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:56:28 +0000

Whizz cherry-picks the Steelers again. Good riddance – ‘steelers west’ deserves this guy. Who has Horton ever developed as a DB?

By: philriverslovespenis

philriverslovespenis — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:55:03 +0000

Does he hear a who?

By: steelchampions

steelchampions — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:54:42 +0000

I usually hate to see the Steelers lose coaches, but in this case I can’t help but think it’s ok this time. The Steelers secondary is almost putrid without Troy in the line-up. I think it’s time for an upgrade in the coaching at that position. Good luck with that one Whiz.

By: righthereisay

righthereisay — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:46:00 +0000

So Wiz continues to take anything Steeler. Even the weakness of our defense (secondary) he believes is worth taking.

Russ Grimm, Joey Porter, Alan Faneca, McFadden, Sean Morey, Chukki Okobi, Gandy….

It is now becoming embarassing. Just because they are from Pittsburgh, doesn’t mean they are the answer.

Butler may have been their answer.

By: citynative

citynative — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:36:24 +0000

Championship!

By: thehighhat

thehighhat — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:34:20 +0000

Arizona has a football team?

By: androk23

androk23 — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:26:53 +0000

Because defensive back coaches are world renowned for their blitzing expertise.

By: Mike Tomlin

Mike Tomlin — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:23:32 +0000

Build your own team Wisenhunt…

That being said, that was a poor choice haha did you see their secondary in the Super Bowl? Thats like buying a shirt for the name brand. Just because he says Steelers on him doesnt mean hes going to make your defense better.

By: supashug

supashug — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:21:38 +0000

Good on the Steelers, the secondary was the worst part of their D. Arizona, nice weather